Social Studies Curriculum

4th Grade

Course Purpose:

 Students will evaluate the origins of Illinois in order to determine its role in our nation.

Outcomes and Components:

SS.4.1 Students will analyze the geography of Illinois and the United States to determine how it affects the way people live.

Pacing  

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Component Code

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Standard(s)
  SS.4.1.1 Construct and interpret digital and print maps of Illinois using various media to show details and environmental characteristics. SS.4.G.1
  SS.4.1.2 Construct and interpret digital and print maps of the United States using various media to show details and environmental characteristics. SS.4.G.1 SS.G.1.4
  SS.4.1.3 Analyze how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places in Illinois change over time. SS.4.G.2 SS.G.2.4
  SS.4.1.4 Investigate how humans have affected the environment over time. SS.4.G.3
  SS.4.1.5 Examine the movement of goods, people, jobs, and information to, from, and within Illinois and explain the reasons for these movements.  

Academic Vocabulary: Construct, interpret, analyze, examine

Content Vocabulary:  Maps, Illinois, capital, city, town, state, border, river, lake, culture, Native Americans, environmental, goods, services, jobs, people, information, movement, trade